Adding a video tour of your rental home or a Matterport video is a great way to get more bookings on your website. Videos allow potential guests to see your rental home in a more immersive way, which can help them to decide if it's the right fit for them.
Here are some of the benefits of adding a video tour to your website:
It can help you to stand out from the competition. When potential guests are looking for a rental home, they're likely to see dozens of listings. A video tour can help your listing to stand out from the crowd and make it more likely that guests will choose your unit.
It can help guests to visualize themselves staying at your unit. A video tour can help potential guests to see themselves staying at your unit and imagine what their vacation will be like.
If you're not sure how to create a video tour, there are a few different ways to do it. You can hire a professional videographer to create a video tour for you, or you can create your own video tour using a smartphone or webcam and then upload it to YouTube or the alike. There's also a number of online services that can help you to create a video tour.
Once you have your videos created, adding them to your CiiRUS website is simple! All you'll need is the iFrame of your video. If you're not sure how to get this, we can help.
Example videos on the listing page
Video iFrame
To embed a video on the listing pages of your website, you'll need to grab the iFrame code for each video. An iFrame is an HTML element that lets you embed a web page inside your own web page. This means that guests can watch your video on your website without having to leave your site.. Pretty cool, right?
Here is an example of an iFrame:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vy9f8Fj9kdo" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Each video or tour should have a link or an iFrame associated with it. This is also known as the "Embed Link." If you need assistance obtaining the iFrame, please submit a ticket via the CiiRUS Help Center.
Adding the iFrame to the Listing
To add the iFrame to the listing, follow these steps:
Websites
General Settings
Additional Listing Descriptions
From here, select the applicable unit from the drop-down and select "Tokens."
From the select field choose the token named "VIDEO" and then paste the iFrame into the "Token Value" field. Make sure you click the "Save" icon.
If you don't see a token called "VIDEO," please contact the website team by submitting a ticket through the CiiRUS Help Center. We may need to create the video token for your CiiRUS System.
Once you have added the iFrame, the video will automatically appear on the listing details page of your website. Bring on those happy guests!